EP1706293B1 - Stossfängerverstärkung, die am vorderende eines kraftfahrzeugs installiert werden soll - Google Patents

Stossfängerverstärkung, die am vorderende eines kraftfahrzeugs installiert werden soll Download PDF

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EP1706293B1
EP1706293B1 EP04805838A EP04805838A EP1706293B1 EP 1706293 B1 EP1706293 B1 EP 1706293B1 EP 04805838 A EP04805838 A EP 04805838A EP 04805838 A EP04805838 A EP 04805838A EP 1706293 B1 EP1706293 B1 EP 1706293B1
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Eric Bonte
Renaud Lair
Vincent Bova
Ivan Jacquemard
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/18—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by the cross-section; Means within the bumper to absorb impact
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K11/00—Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units
    • B60K11/08—Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
    • B62D25/08—Front or rear portions
    • B62D25/082—Engine compartments
    • B62D25/084—Radiator supports
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/18—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by the cross-section; Means within the bumper to absorb impact
    • B60R2019/1806—Structural beams therefor, e.g. shock-absorbing
    • B60R2019/1813—Structural beams therefor, e.g. shock-absorbing made of metal

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  • the invention relates to a bumper frame and more particularly that intended to be implanted at the front of a motor vehicle.
  • DE 41 19 638 C shows a bumper reinforcement intended to be implanted at the front of a motor vehicle comprising a bumper beam 3 intended to be implanted across the motor vehicle and adapted to transmit shocks to the front of the vehicle whose central portion has a front surface and intended to be installed at the end of a stretcher 1 of the automobile body and adapted, to absorb all or part of the shocks to the front of the vehicle, when the central portion the beam has two branches substantially parallel to each other, of substantially constant cross section, joined together by a substantially semi-circular portion near each end.
  • the reinforcements implanted directly at the front of the stretchers consist essentially of a central part in the form of a rigid one-piece beam whose central part has a substantially constant section and a height equal to at least 100 mm, adapted to transmit the forces experienced during frontal impacts and implanted across the vehicle, and two identical absorbers each secured to one end of the beam and adapted to absorb the energy of the shocks without deterioration of the shafts in the end of which they are implanted.
  • the bumper frames with a cold-drawn steel HLE beam, with a hot-stamped steel beam THLE, a beam in profiled and curved aluminum, a hydro-formed HLE steel beam in which the absorbers came from material with the beam.
  • the beam of all these armatures is monoblock of substantially constant section and has a height at least equal to 100 mm.
  • These frames are, by construction of the front of the vehicles, located immediately in front of the fan motor unit.
  • the motor-fan unit usually of a large height up to 500 mm, needs to receive a large flow of air. This is the reason why the front of the vehicles is constructed so as to leave two separate air inlets, one being located generally in the shield, the other above.
  • the Applicant has devised another style of front face according to which a single air inlet mouth would be located on the lower part of the shield.
  • the front panel of the fan motor unit only receives the airflow from the single inlet mouth of air located in the shield.
  • the monoblock beam of height of at least 100 mm receives only the fraction of flux that is not intercepted by the monoblock beam of height of at least 100 mm.
  • the object of the invention is then to propose a solution that allows a vehicle having a front-end style according to which a single air inlet mouth is located on the latter, to meet the regulatory benefits related to frontal impacts, without affecting the efficiency of the motorcycle fan unit of the vehicle arranged at the front of the latter.
  • the subject of the invention is a bumper reinforcement intended to be implanted at the front of a motor vehicle
  • air inlet mouth is meant here and in the context of the invention, a hole opening on the front of the vehicle, permanently assembled and whose engine cover is locked, and whose function is to allow the air to arrive directly on the front of a motor-fan unit located at the front of the vehicle.
  • the beam according to the invention is made in the form of a single stamped sheet.
  • the central part advantageously comprises inside the branches at least one reinforcement adapted to increase the stiffness of the beam along the main axis of the absorbers.
  • the central portion comprises exactly two generally Y-shaped reinforcements, the bottom of the Y being of substantially semicircular shape and each reinforcement being welded inside the branches by electric welding spots.
  • the overlap zone is at least 25% of the length of the absorber.
  • the upper and lower terms are to be understood with reference to the beam once implanted on the vehicle.
  • the adjective “higher” refers to a portion located above the median horizontal plane of the absorbers along the vertical axis of the vehicle, the “lower” refers to a portion below.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the front face 1 of a vehicle having a widespread style. According to this widespread style, this front face has two air inlet mouths 11,12 of transverse dimensions to almost identical vehicles.
  • the first air intake opening 11 is located above the lower line of the vehicle headlights and extends between the hood 2 and the bumper 3 to the top of the upper line of the headlights in the part of the vehicle. bonnet.
  • the second air inlet 12, not shown but located between the two headlights, is, as for it, located below the lower line of the headlights of the vehicle and entirely in the skirt portion 4 of the bumper cover.
  • This front face 1 has, below the bodywork at the front of the power unit, located along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a motor-fan unit 13.
  • a single bumper beam 5 whose height is of the order of 100mm.
  • this beam 5 At the ends of this beam 5 are mounted, in known manner, unrepresented shock absorbers directly mounted at the ends of the stretcher not shown here also constituting a shock armor with which the vehicle passes the regulatory tests against impact.
  • the front panel 131 of the motor-fan unit 13 actually receives as air flow, on the one hand all the part ⁇ having passed through the first air inlet opening 11 and on the other hand all the part ⁇ having crossed the second air inlet 12.
  • the motor-fan unit 13 has an assured efficiency with the arrangement that has just been described.
  • the beam 5 thus arranged allows the vehicle on which it is implanted to successfully pass the frontal impact tests.
  • Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the front of a vehicle with another style as mentioned in the preamble.
  • the front face 1 ' has a single air inlet 12' located below the lower line of the headlights.
  • This inlet mouth 12 ' has a height greater than the second inlet mouth 11 of the front face 1 according to the previous figure.
  • the other elements of the bodywork and, in particular, the headlights retain their location and therefore the same vertical rib as those of the front also according to the previous figure.
  • the elements of the powertrain and, in particular the motor-fan 13 are absolutely identical to those implanted on the vehicle according to Figure 1. Their implementation is also exactly the same.
  • the front panel 131 of the motor-fan unit has the same height.
  • the front panel 131 of the motor-fan unit 13 would receive, as air flow, only the flow passing through the single air inlet and not intercepted by the beam. .
  • the beam 2 'according to Figure 3 also has a total height of 100mm and has in its central portion two identical branches 21, 22 parallel to each other joined together by a substantially semicircular section 23 near each of the lateral ends 2a, 2b of the beam.
  • Each branch 21,22 has an equal height.
  • This beam 2 'sheet was made in a single stamped. This stamping was done hot. As not shown here, the front front portion of the beam 2 'has been coated with a PVC type coating which allows the beam to withstand the impacts caused by the chippings present on the roads.
  • Each half of the beam consisting of the branches joined together by a semicircular section 23 approximately forms a Y and has been reinforced by a reinforcement 24a, 24b of complementary general shape welded directly inside the branches by electric welding points.
  • the two reinforcements 24a and 24b are not identical and their implantation is such that their upper portions 241a, 241b facing each other are offset transversely relative to the lower portions 242a, 242b also facing one of the other along the transverse axis of the vehicle.
  • the slot (Fs) delimited by the edge of the upper parts 241a, 242a is shifted transversely relative to that (Fi) delimited by the edge of the lower portions 241b, 242b as can be seen in FIG. of these slots is created voluntarily to avoid any risk of permanent undesired rupture of the beam in the event of a frontal impact leading before a rupture of the stamping of the beam 2 '.
  • Each reinforcement 24a, 24b is hollowed out of several rectangular holes (T), which makes it possible to lighten the total weight of the beam 2 '.
  • an energy absorber 25a, 25b of general shape in a regular pyramid with a truncated rectangular base is welded at each end of the beam. More exactly, the absorber 25a, 25b is recessed so that its front face abuts against the bottom of the groove 26a, 26b of the end of the cross section beam U.
  • This section form a flap 27 raised relative to the upper planar portion of the beam 2 '.
  • These flaps 27 surround the absorber and define a zone of overlap (C) important with the absorber, equal to 25% of the length of the absorber.
  • the beam comes in this case in abutment against the upper and lower blanks of the absorbers.
  • the realization of the two branches of the beam can be made from two tubes welded directly on the absorbers.

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  1. Stoßfängerverstärkung, die am Vorderende eines Kraftfahrzeugs installiert werden soll, umfassend einen Stoßfängerbalken (2'), der dazu bestimmt ist, quer zu dem Kraftfahrzeug installiert zu werden, und der dazu ausgelegt ist, die Stöße zu übertragen, welche von dem Vorderende des Fahrzeugs erfahren werden, dessen Mittelteil eine Vorderfläche von mindestens 100 mm aufweist und dessen beiden Enden (2a, 2b) jeweils mit einem Energieabsorber (25a, 25b) zusammenhaltend ausgeführt sind, der dazu bestimmt ist, an dem Ende eines Längsträgers der Fahrzeugkarosserie installiert zu werden und der dazu ausgelegt ist, die Stöße ganz oder teilweise zu absorbieren, welche von dem Vorderende des Fahrzeugs erfahren werden, bei der der Mittelteil (2') des Balkens zwei zueinander im Wesentlichen parallele Zweige (21, 22) mit einem im Wesentlichen konstanten Querschnitt aufweist, die in der Nähe jedes der Enden (2a, 2b) durch einen im Wesentlichen halbkreisförmigen Abschnitt (23) miteinander verbunden sind, wobei die Summe der Höhen der beiden Zweige gleich mindestens 100 mm ist und jeder Absorber (25a, 25b) an ein Ende des Balkens gelötet und so eingebaut ist, dass die Vorderseite des Absorbers an dem Boden des U-förmigen Querschnitts des Endes des Balkens anliegt, wobei die Ränder dieses Abschnitts einen beträchtlichen Überlappungsbereich (C) mit dem Umfang des Absorbers bilden.
  2. Stoßfängerverstärkung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Balken in Form eines einzigen Stanzbleches gebildet ist.
  3. Stoßfängerverstärkung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mittelteil (2') im Inneren der Zweige mindestens eine Verstärkung (24a, 24b) umfasst, die dazu ausgelegt ist, den Radius des Balkens entlang der Hauptachse der Absorber zu verstärken.
  4. Stoßfängerverstärkung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mittelteil genau zwei Verstärkungen (24a, 24b) von allgemein y-artiger Form umfasst, wobei der Boden des Y von im Wesentlichen halbkreisförmiger Form ist und jede Verstärkung (24a, 24b) über elektrische Lötstellen an das Innere der Zweige gelötet ist.
  5. Stoßfängerverstärkung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Überlappungsbereich gleich mindestens 25 % der Länge des Absorbers ist.
  6. Stoßfängerverstärkung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Verstärkungen (24a) und (24b) in dem Balken so angeordnet sind, dass sie zwischen ihren Ober- und Unterteilen einen oberen Spalt (Fs) bilden, der bezüglich einem unteren Spalt (Fi) in Querrichtung verschoben ist, um jedes vorzeitige und endgültige Reißen des Balkens zu verhindern.
EP04805838A 2003-11-18 2004-11-17 Stossfängerverstärkung, die am vorderende eines kraftfahrzeugs installiert werden soll Not-in-force EP1706293B1 (de)

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FR0313482A FR2862262B1 (fr) 2003-11-18 2003-11-18 Armature de pare-chocs destinee a etre implantee a l'avant d'un vehicule automobile.
PCT/FR2004/050595 WO2005049383A1 (fr) 2003-11-18 2004-11-17 Armature de pare-chocs destinee a etre implantee a l'avant d'un vehicule automobile

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